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A Calculating Career
A Calculating CareerGrowing up as the child of two university professors, Dr. Jonathan Farley never thought of doing anything other than teaching. However, he is finding that the biggest challenge as a young scholar is balancing both professional and social responsibilities. āOne year I noted I was on seven different committees ā the Martin Luther [ā¦]
January 2, 2002
Students
Student Detained After Terrorist Attacks Is Released on Bond
Student Detained After Terrorist Attacks Is Released on BondNEW YORKA college student accused of promoting terrorism by lying to a grand jury was freed from federal custody last month after posting $500,000 bond.Osama Awadallah, 21, planned to fly home Dec. 14 to San Diego, where family and friends raised $50,000 cash ā and turned over [ā¦]
January 2, 2002
Students
Auburn University Steps up Minority Programs
Auburn University Steps up Minority ProgramsAUBURN, Ala.Auburn University will expand its minority studies and continue racial tolerance and diversity training next year for its faculty, staff and students in the face of the Nov. 5 fraternity blackface party that reaped scorn (see Black Issues, Dec. 6). Auburn interim president William F. Walker announced a stepped-up [ā¦]
January 2, 2002
Students
Events
Events JANUARYJanuary 18-19Eighth National African American Student Leadership ConferenceāConnecting Progressive African American Minds for Effective Leadership: A Continuing LegacyāRust College, Holly Springs, Miss.Phone: (662) 252-8000, Ext. 4311Fax: (662) 252-6107E-mail: ajstovall@go.comWeb: www.naaslc.orgJanuary 23-26Association of American Colleges and Universities 88th Annual MeetingāChanging Students in a Changing World: Culturally Diverse, Economi-cally Divided, Globally InterdependentāGrand Hyatt HotelWashington, D.C.Contact: AACUPhone: [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
Dear BI Career Consultants:
Dear BI Career Consultants:I have heard of programs to increase the number of minority faculty by allowing them to teach if they are in the final stages of their doctorate. Can you tell me if there are any programs like thisfor prospective college administrators?Programs to increase the number of minority college administrators ā analogous to [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
Florida State Showcases Student Films on Internet
Florida State Showcases Student Films on InternetTallahassee, Fla.Florida State University has a special Web site to enable the general public to view the work of its student filmmakers. Through RealPlayer or QuickTime, FSUās School of Motion Picture, Tele-vision and Recording Artsā Web site is showcasing 30 films. University officials say the digital movies range from [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
Howard Symposium Highlights
Howard Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
New Data Sheds Light on Student Aid, College Affordability
New Data Sheds Light on Student Aid, College AffordabilityWASHINGTONThe percentage of full-time undergraduate students at private colleges and universities who receive some form of financial aid, and the average amount of their awards, reached new highs in the 1999-2000 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of Educationās 1999-2000 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.Eighty-four percent [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
āFree Speechā Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn āBlackfaceā Case
āFree Speechā Becomes Primary Issue in Auburn āBlackfaceā CaseSuspended fraternity members file lawsuit against university citing violation of constitutional, civil rightsBy Erik LordsThe issue of free speech is at the heart of a lawsuit filed last month by suspended members of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi against Auburn University. The university suspended 10 members of [ā¦]
December 19, 2001
Students
UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy Change
UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy ChangeSAN FRANCISCOThe University of California regents formally approved last month an admissions policy to judge would-be students on their personal as well as their academic records. The policy, known as comprehensive review, was endorsed by a regents committee and formally approved 15-4 with one abstention by the full board.Comprehensive review, [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Rhetoric vs. Reality
Rhetoric vs. RealityColleges confront quagmire of issues associated with remediation.Ā By Kendra HamiltonThereās no getting around it. Remedial education ā also called developmental education ā suffers from an image problem. The fact is all too evident at the macro level ā the California State University (CSU) System, for example, expelled 2,009 students in January for [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Cal Grant Funds Fall Short for Eligible Students
Cal Grant Funds Fall Short for Eligible StudentsSACRAMENTO, Calif.Thousands of needy and eligible community college students will not receive a Cal Grant this year, not through any fault of theirs, but because there simply arenāt enough grants to go around.The Cal Grant program recently completed a first-ever September processing cycle specifically for community college students [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Outrage Continues Over Fraternitiesā
Outrage Continues Over Fraternitiesā Racially Offensive CostumesExpert on race relations says the behavior comes as no surpriseBy Erik Lords AUBURN, Ala.At a time when most Americans are putting domestic differences aside to unite in the international war against terrorism, racially charged events at two southern universities have reminded the nation that the battle against ignorance [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Pell Grant Shortfall: Will Needy Students Lose Out?
Pell Grant Shortfall: Will Needy Students Lose Out?A bipartisan plan to raise the maximum Pell Grant for needy students is facing a major roadblock just as more students are seeking this need-based financial aid for college.With much fanfare, educators and lawmakers hailed a recent agreement to raise the top Pell Grant by $250 next year, [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
A Missing Element
A Missing Element In the Retention DiscussionThe current concern about graduation rates in higher education and especially among minority students in historically Black colleges and universities is not without warrant given the high economic costs and the incalculable social costs of low retention. The recently reported trend toward increased college entrance rates among minority students [ā¦]
December 5, 2001
Students
Providing a āRoad Mapā To the MBA
Providing a āRoad Mapā To the MBAMentoring program exposes minority students early on to business and leadership skills. By Eleanor Lee YatesNew YorkĀ Paul Riser, a Florida A&M University graduate, had a job he loved at Sun Microsystems in Detroit. However, after working for a few years, Riser wondered whether he should quit his job [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
Students
A Model Project
A Model ProjectFocused on steering minorities toward business doctorates, the PhD Project serves as a successful model for other minority student doctoral initiatives.By Ronald Roach For many who are earning a masterās in business administration (MBA), attaining the coveted degree virtually guarantees them a ticket to a lucrative career path in corporate America. However, when [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
Students
UNCF Offers College Scholarships to Children of Terrorist Attack Victims
UNCF Offers College Scholarships to Children of Terrorist Attack VictimsFAIRFAX, Va.The children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be eligible to receive a full scholarship for a college education at one of the United Negro College Fundās 39 member institutions. New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced the new program at a press [ā¦]
November 21, 2001
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